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Japanese SIRLS ?6IVE UPSWING Women's Influence Slowly Approximating That of British and American Women. ? DISCARD SANDALS FOR SHOES || City Population of Japan Increasing Thirteen Times as Fast as That of Country?Million Men Engaged Ej?i: / in Factory Work. Honolulu, T. II.?A unique feature the gradual rise of women's intluin Japan, until their position Is i slowly approximating that of American and lirltlsh women, is that they are giving up smoking, just at the time when great comment lias arisen . orer the Increase of smoking uyiong I ^heir sisters in America and Knghmd. 5* ' The subject was discussed by I)r. T. H. 1 laden, dean of the theological de; part ments of lvwunsel Gnkuln, a mission college in Japan, who attended Sessions here of the I'an-Amerlcan educational conference as one of the empire s representatives. ' "Formerly all classes of women in Jitpun smoked in public as well as In | their homes," Doctor Haden said, "The infli tence -of the West has almost Btfqicd this custom, although It 1s to i. wpj Interest of the government to toa/tfer lit. ns tobacco is a government mohopldy." f / Worcl *or "Home" Coined. H'tor Haden said that a new word llp^fAiome-?"katcl"?has been coined In "flhpr i to express the meaning and idea < BcAome life in Western civilization as SBfl^ng learned by the Japanese. jB^lie changing conditions of JnpaTxlfee women Is only begun, but it Is proceliding with a rapidity and Intensity 1 lw-V ver>' significant and hopea "jie said. "The Japanese language ha* a word expressing house and honehold, but they had no conception f home life In the Occident, where ;m on an equal footing with * t. Tuts Is now expressed by tel.* wlfli the new appreciation of ne as a thing to be shared by bus- | nd and wife and the gradual rise of le Japanese women to the position of heir American and British sisters." Doctor linden said that the city population of Japan Is Increasing 13 times . As fast as thnt of the country, due to v change of Industry from ngrlcul t|uFe to manufacturing. More than 1.00,000 are engaged In factory work ! nd more than one-half of these are nder twenty years of age, l.e said. Women. Discard Sandals for Shoes. "A significant and interesting indlatlon of the change in progress in apan now," suld Doctor (laden, "is le fact that, while the Japanese wontn'retain the kimono as their chief ntre, they have discarded the obi?the llrifwl CMiiut'o nf u'Arri r?n flta . ack?and over their kimonos many ' the women now wear a full, divided clrt. wjiieh ties around the waist with wide sash hanging at the aide, 'my of them also wear shoes Instead their snndnls. I''Divorce laws also have been reRed In accord with other transits. Formerly a man could send his fe back to her parents without ex.^jse or explanation. This act constiilted legal freedom for him. Now he an only divorce her for Infidelity or ay ^Agreement with her. The woman as yet has no recourse against the Infidelity of her husband, not even fl though he bring a concubine Into the home, as frequently has been done. "The example of Americans, their homes and schools In Japan, gradually has altered the hearts nnd feelings of the Japanese until now they have been induced to effect these changes." ( GET HOT WATER FROM WELL Flows at the Rate of Forty Gallons a Minute?130 Degrees Temperature. Sehrlng, Fla.?Hot water which began flowing some days ago from a well being driven for a local concern still was coming to the surface recently at a rate of 40 gallons a minute. Throughout the period the flow has maintained an even temperature of 180 degrees. It Is said to he the second instance of a hot flowing well observed In F'orida, one having been drilled at I'ensaeola about 20 years ago. The flow of ine r-PTiwiroin wen wns losr wiien the drill broke through the roek and dl! verted the wnter Into n subterranean lake. \ Sebrlng is nhout 40 miles no.thwest ol Lake Okeehohee. and In that part of the state where the formation t Indicates It once was the open sea, the land having been built upon coral reefs. / ,0ne Lone Trout \ i Stops Coal Mine ','y' London.?Close to (100 men loat a day's work this week Ht a col- <> llery In Lanarkshire through a trout choking the water supply , for the hollers. The cage could not be lifted to the pithead, as the hollers were not working. , ; After a great deal of trouble the cause of the breakdown was discovered. The trout weighed one pound and six ounces. Work I was resumed next day. ! f L. H. TROTT1, ' ,v, Dental Surgeon Chesterfield, S. C. Office on second floor in Ross jflfrsweagai i i e nottice All persons folding claims against r the estate of John D. Odom, deceased, p L-nust present same at once duly veri- f -gjfccd and those owing the A STRANGE STAR Birth of New Life Which Was to Shine Over the Earth. Conference of the Beasts of the Nativity aa Portrayed by I mask native Writer. AIIEFUL, Brother, thy hornal , Keep thy head straight. Re member, tonight we share but the one stall between us. The man and hla mate, there, have thlfie." The little tawny-hlded ox of Palestine on the farther side leaned hard against the stable wall. M 'Tie a strange star that shines tonight," his yoke-fellow answered, sighing restlessly as he turned back ols gnze from the open door. Bven with care their horns clicked In the narrow space. "If men must take my bed, why did they not turn us out Into the free air? The grass would have dew on It tonight?and I could watch the star." "Ho!" snorted the little gray asa which had carried hlthef the woman who lay stretched on the straw between them. "What grass wouldst thou pluck from the cobblestones of the city?" "Aye," lowed the first ox. "There Is hay here; eat and be still. The star Is no concern of thine." "The star ahlneth on the whole broad earth. Brother. He hath the : peeked hills to wander In, and the j dark valleys, the fields and the towns ; alike. I wish I were free like the j star." | "Then, like him, thou wouldst come . sllDDlng In at our stable door aaaln. Hey, come off thy knees I We must sleep standing," his mate granted wamlngly. "Hush, Brother. There Is something 1 wondrous In my old stall 1 Something | very small and white! It gleameth ; ns with hoarfrost In the star's light. 1 It hath the smell of Miles. It uioveth. | The star can stroke It with Its long. | pule tongues." He leaned longingly against the barrier which shut him away, until It creaked. The little ass slipped his soft ears ' between his own oars and unified in- | quirlngly. "Why, 'tis a child!" he whinnied with delight. "Children are lovely things. His small fingers will piny with my mane and he will alng Utile songs to me as I bear him along. Look up. little Master. We will See great days together." "There, that serveth thee right 1" reproved the far ox as the woman made a quick motion toward the Inquisitive nose. "Thy black muzzle helongeth In thine own manger, Broth? /.OS." "She did but brush It aside." the little gray beast breathed contentedly. "She la pleased that we know her son. No fenr. Brother Ox. Her husband will not take his staff to us. She Is gentle, this woman of mine. Her hlld, too, will love us." Rut the ox had not drawn hack. He knelt there, his broad forehead pressed agnlnat the bars, his wondering eyes rtroH An nnw? 1 I "-V.I ? ..?VU Vl> %MV lit T* IMC >>111111 WU IU shine over the whole broad earth with n brighter rflory than that wondering star's.?John Rreek, in tha Detroit News. GROWTH OF CHRISTMAS TREE Abandoned Farm* in Foothllla of Graon Mountains In Vermont Provido the Yuletide Sprout*. /J^INCE five million Christmas 5B)trees are annually shipped out of Vermont, It Is only natural to wonder where they all come from. They must come from farms?not farms operated to produce the Christman tree crop, but abandoned farms where the trees have planted and reared themselves. These abandoned farms lie In high valleys In the foothills of.tlie Green mountains. One may see sections covered by thirty-odd farms, once thriving settlements, but now all but two or three may be unoccupied. 8uch land, once under the plow la gradually coming back to forest. Along the fern-choked, falntly-trmced furrows, young spruces come up and In the ( pen sunshine take on a vivid green. And more than that?the symmetrical brunches are a lively green clear to the Kiwuiiu. Christmas trees cannot be cut In irons of spruce forest, because when ihey grow In dense clusters the under branches die for want of light, and hence the trees have no value as decorative Christmas trees. Few, Indeed, see the harvest. One <r two lonely partridge hunters, peraflps, will see It as It lies covered .vlth the first early snow squalls In the .mountains. Hut hack In October, when the daya have not lost all of the mellowness of autumn, a gang of twenty choppers will have been busily at work cutting the scattering young spru< <>? and tying then) with twine. The cutting and bundling la the easiest part of the harvest, for the trees must he hmileH tnr mii?o *k? ?w. IUIIC0 IU UIC railroad, and at this time of year the nountaln roads are nothing more than ,'ro7.en ruts and waterholes. Despite his fact, however, heavy two-horse vagons and even motor trucks, brisling with great criblike bodies, struggle slowly ont, loaded high with the :rees. Two horses are able to draw >ut at a load about seventy trees of rverage sire. At the chosen town on the railroad tvery disused spot Is nlred and a Mountain of trees begins to grow, till Ight thousand of them may be packs* a a solid mass.?St. Nicholas. J. ARTHUR KNIGHT Attora?r-at-Li? Office In Coortbotts# ^aatartaUL S C TOWN TAX POOK3 OPEN Town Tax Books are open for the ayment of taxes. Penalty will b? *n-, ii Basea?a? . ISEADS YANKEE HEROES. 1 y I I Sergeant Samuel WoodliU, who has been officially recognized by General Pershing, as the-greatest hero of the American forces In the late war. Wood/111 wears the congressional medal, the ribbon of a chevalier ef the Leglbn of Honor, and the crolx de guerre. HELPS NEWSIES SAVE MONEY Oil Promoter te Aid Bank Aoooents of Denver Boys With Various Sums. Denver, Colo.?A novel thrift plan for the benefit of Denver newsboys has been evolved by Sidney Keoughan, oil maguate, who announces that he will give SOD odd "newsies" under sixteen a "head start" by opening savings accounts for them in a bank. At Christmas Mr. Keoughan will add amounts to the accounts of boys as follows: Twenty dollars to eaeh of the five boys making the best record for adding to the original account; $16 each to the next nest nve; ?iG eacu to ihv next five; $6 each to the next five, and 100 $1 prises to boys who have taken advantage of his offer and added to the orlslnal tieooslt made for by Mr. Keoughan. At Christmas, 1922, Mr. Keoughan says, he will double bta prices of 1921. Stories of Great Scouts ? ? V, W??Urn Kawapaper Union. JIM BECKWORTH, MULATTO WHO BECAME CROW CHIBF Jim Beckwourth, without doubt, was the moat-married man in history. Just huw many wives he had la unknown. In his autobiography Jim mentions at least seven spouses, but his reputation for truth waa not the best. Beckwourth waa the son of a Maryland irishman and a negresc, and he waa ] born la 1798, When ha left St Louis with General Ashley's fur-trading aspedltlou In 1823 he had a sweetheart named Kllza, to whotn he pledged eternal devotion. Among the Blnckfeet Indians he won ] his first wife, marrying her because it would help his trade among her tribesmen I Soon afterwards he mar- ^ ried her sister, too. Later he left th# Blackfeet, to trade with the Crows, and he acquired several more Wives. ] Jim was a man of great strength and a remarkable runner. One day he was attacked by a war party who pursued him for 96 miles before he finally outran them. At another time ] when a force of 2,600 Arlkaras and Sioux attacked the Orows, the mo- ] latto led the Absarokes (Crows) so oraveiy mat us of the enemy were killed. Beckwourth had three horeee . hot under him In this fight end killed 14 of the Stoux. Be wee adopted by the Crows, and because of his deeds In war, he rose to the position of first counselor, the highest honor In the tribe. At the outbreak of the Mexican war ' he enlisted as a scout and dispatch nearer for Gen. Phil Kearney. He } elso carried dispatches to California \ and he was there In 1848, whet gold f was discovered. He mined for a while 1 until the discovery of gold In Colo* j * ratio In 1859 lured him to that state, [ T He settled In/ Denver and married ? gain?this time a negro girl. |i The Crows heard of bis return from t California and sent messengers to him, begging him to return to them. Mia* | rortune nafl com# to the tribe, and they needed hl? "strong medicine." j ReHcwonrth paid .no heed te ttietf r pleadings until 1W?, when he Anally J visited them. Rut he refused te live | with them permanently. When he | announced hie Intention of returning . to Colorado, they prepared a great farewell feast In his honor. Beck*' . wourth ate their food and dropped dead. The Crows had given him pol- r son. The Crowa believed his "medl- t cine" would pass Into his spirit, and that wherever his bones rested the * spirit would remain. They reaolvad v to have both, and took that meana of c getting them I I I H. H. LE FUNERAL DIRECTX Quality Depen We carry a full Una of Col | j w*H* porter? I nil I at??? . t T*r?M '1VAMPS- WHO MAbE HISTORY | . By JAMBS C. YOUNG. < kr Mociv* Wiwunw Mywmi t "THI CURSE OF ENGLAND**?A : WOMAN. W"?' ???? *-n?i mm u *i land was a refugee to Holland, after to tetter ted tea awctej a atanch loyalist by tte nam* of Boger Palm?t cam# to tola with a largo stun of money and plana to gate tte throoe tor Charles. Palmar bad a nineteen. year-old wife, Barbara. At dteb she had an Intrigue with a famous rake and now throw herself directly la the path of Charles. On May 29, 1000, the king returned In triumph to London by tte efforts of Palmer and other loyalists. He found Barbara awaiting him and harried through the day's ceremonies that he might Join her. Palmar was oe strong a loyalist that he surrendered his wife to Charles, end in reward was made duke of Cleveland. Barbara developed an Insatiable passion for wealth and gambling She was not even true to tte king; hot ho, a lazy cynic, looted on geod-netaredlf. Her control ever him and wild extravagance gained her tte hutd title "Tte Ourae of England." It was ate who founded the fortune of the ducal tends of Marlborough, giving tte teat duke, then a poor nobody, hlo start to Ufa. She bought him a place to tte army, where be afterward roos to bo that famous date of Marlborough who woo tor England such notable victories. Historians of the day say that Barbara often loot at much as $100,000 In a single evening's play, a fabulous sum tor that tlma. Barbara was one of the most beautiful women of her time, with regal carriage and seemingly perpetual youth. She ruled the Indolent Charles at will, dictating policies of state, making or ruining fortunes as her fancy chone. dim mauv [wwenni enemiM, Dot U long ii her control endured over Charles the cared little for the opinion of others. It became dangerous for her to go about the streets of London, so great was the hatred against her, and she adopted a royil style, travolUl| Willi uiO'uut fid j But the fickle Charles at last tired of her and she saw his attention turned to other women. One by one she outwitted them until France sent over Louise de la Querouallle, a pretty little vampire, with Instructions to sway Char'e:* .n negotiations between the twe kingdoms. And Barbara leet bar Hit with Louisa. RING OUT* WILD BELLS Ring out, wild bells, to the wild si y, | The flying cloud, the frosty ligl t; The year is dying in the night; t Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. I !?* ? vuit vac uiu,,ru?p' in ine new, j Ring, happy hells, across the snow;; The year is going, let him.go; Ring out the false, ring in thi true. Ring out the grfcf that veye the mind. For those that here we see no more; Ring out the feud of rich and poor; Ring in redress to all mankind. Ring out a slowly dying cause, And ancient forms of pi rty strife; Ring in the nobler modes of life, With sweeter manors, purer laws. Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic slander anu the spite; ' Ring in the love of truth and right, Ring in the common love of good. Ring out old shapes of foul disease. Ring out the narrowing lust of gold Ring out the thousand wars ef old. Ring in the thousand years of peace. Alfred Lord Tennyson. NOTICE Notice to all members of Palmetto Samp No. 126, W. O. W. There will be a call meeting on Wednesday night, January 4th, 1922, ror the purposse of electing and in[tailing officers for the ensuing year ! In bring to trial gome members vho have had che? e? nrof??r.J igainst them for viola .g their obigationa. All members are requested o be present. Sovereigns it is your duty to be int at this meeting. Don't forget the date, Wednesday light, January 4th, 1922.. !tl- M. S. Watson, Glerk. A CHRISTMAS TREE . There was a Christmas tree at .the tome of'Mrs. J. B. Hunter's Saturday light for the family and friends. The roe was beautifully decorated and fter the tree some interesting games /ere played by the little folks. Then ( ake was served by Novilla Hunter ivery body enjoyed a good time. e . ,AVITT ; )R 8 EMBALMBR " '' i ~ * ; ft.** : , -x * - " h. i*. y dadility Service c , Him, CwhU ?u>d Burial I ChartarfeM, S. C. > iSHMlMMMBMMiMMtfNfeMfeBB LOCAL ITEMS It is reported in Chesterfield that the Ruby guard house exploded Christmas Eve night and is now a mass of ruins. | Deep Creek bridge on the road between Ruby and Mt. Croghan joined in the general-celebration Christmas Eve night by burning up. Hiss Kaxel Rush, of Sardinia, neice of Mrs. J. A. Walsh,, was married at; her home on Christmas Day to Mr. i Fred J. Attaway. Mrs. Attaway has! many friends in Chesterfield to wish her bon voyage on the sea of matrimony. Rev. and Mrs. F. M. Cannon are visiting in Sumerton, S. C? this week. Mr. H. H. Harrall and family spent Sunday in Ruby. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Craig of Cheraw visited Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Craig this week. Mr. T. L. Hanna and family of Anderson, are spending the holidays I with Mr. Hanna's mother, rMs. S. A. Hanna. finr.ta Claus was in town Saturday night. Dr. D. H. Laney has gone to Georgetown on a big deer drive. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Posey Young and children are visiting Mrs. S. A. Hanna. Mr. T. B. Davis and family visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. White's thi? week. Mr. C. L. Prince was in town Mnn. utty. Mr. A. B. Fraley and family, who have been visiting at the home of Mrs. D. M. Barentine, have returned to Lake City S. C Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Canady of St. Pauls, N. C., are ivsiting the latterV, parents, Rev. and i.lrs. B. S. Funder-( burg. Messrs. Ted and Lee Melton are in Brevard, N. C., this week, visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Melton. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Crawford of Mullins spent several days this week with Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Spencer. Mr. Floyd Redfearn of Clinton is spending some time with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Redfearn. Mrs. T. D ^nccr visited tHc j ho^-e ox rra. e Watson's of near Cheraw (hiring the holiday? Mrs. W. J. Douglass is visiting rel. at Wingali "Maggie Lu. .j who is teaching it >. y. at home for the holidays. ! Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Byrd and children of Jefferson ipent Sunday with Mrs. Ted M? ton. Miss Mary 0. liaynie is spending ne holidays at her home in Florence. Mr. Henry Perkins of Dunwoodie, Ga? is visiting hir. mother, Mrs. Maggie Perkins. Mrs. Tom Perkins and daughter of Cheraw visited Mrs. J. 1. Hurst this week. Mir* Eleasc Buchanan, who is teaching at McBee, is spending the! holidays with her mother, Mrs. T. D. Barentine. Misses Eva and Li la Teal are at home for the holidays. Miss Mildred Laney is spending the holidays with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. D. H. Laney. Marter J. D. Watson, Jr., entertains a number of his friends Wednesday afternoon in< honor of his birthday. Mrs. J. L. Kimball of Stateville, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. C. C. Douglass. Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Newsom and son of Ruby, spent several days this week with Mrs J. T. Hurst. The waterworks trenches are now l>??inp dug! Hot dog! Mr, and Mim. Steve Hancock and little daughter of Cheraw are spending Christmas at Mrs. Hancock's father, Mr. J. N. Johnson. FRIENDSHIP Christmas has been very quiet. Mr. Calvert Gardner and Miss Aline Streater visited Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gulledge Christmas day. ' r. ana Mrs. J. H. Gardner attended the Christmas tree at Ebenezer Saturday afternoon. Mr. W. L. Campbell went to hear Mr. Marion Smith preach Christmas day. The correct financial statement of the Willing Workers was not correct. But we consider the source from which it came. 1 Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Davis and i ion Thurman, spent Christmas day 1 with Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Gardner. 1 Rev. C. P. Chewning and family < <pent Christmas day at the home of i 1. H. Gardner. Miss Mary Sowell is spending her i mcation with her father, Mr. M. A. 1 iowell. i Sandy Clause had a wreck before ? vs reached the home of V. 0. G. 1 M 1 NOTICE 1 The annual meeting of the stock \ loldefs of the Wamble Rill N. F. L. I., will be held Tuesday, January 10, I HMHHmmHHHKM ?ate? i " rs llltl mr mini m m mmm w i Ill I 8>l*l nlU or paruMtk tire 11 wboola con bo aupplied ! All pricoa F. O. 0. Dolroat 1 LUCAS A I Authorized Ford Sj MR. T. H. JACOBS PASSES f Mr. T. H. Jacobs of Rockingham, I N. C.t formerly of this county, died j at home on th?? 23rd of December af- I ter an illness since August 27 with j paralysis. Mr. Jacobs was in his 67th year at the time of his deatn. He 'ms seven children who survive him, four boys are, Messrs. S. J., C. L., K. J. and Silas Jacobs and three daughters, Misses Hettie, Annie Mae and Sudie and his widow, Mrs. T. H. Jacobs. LIFE'S NEW YEAR The serious thing is, not that life is or may be short, but that it may be wasted or misused?indeed is likely to be so in most cases. There are few men in whom there is not something of the slacker?and yet there is so much to do! Others are not slackers, but only because they have no cense of responsibility, and are conscious of no obligation. To these the sudden realization that time is passing swiftly by comes with a terrifying effect? when it comes at all. It was these that the Psalmist had in mind when he wrote: "Yet they think that their houses shall contnue forever: and that their dwelling places shall endure from generation to gem ration; and they call their lands after their own names." So it is harder to live nobly and bravely than it is to idle gallantly in! defense of a righteous cause at the t call of country. This is, of course, in; j jiO wi? uprising. Yet the obligation J , is the 3 in both cases, for in both j it is a question of being loyal to duty, < sensitive to the promptings of what is best in human nature. If time is ' short the wise thing is, not, as the Roman poet suggested, to use it reck- | lessly and to the utmost in mere en- | joyment, but to build it into the fu- j ture self which is being realized with the passage of each day. Life thus < usea it not transitory, but rather an 1 eternal possession, something of ( which a mpn cannot be deprived. And < that, of course, is the moral of New | Year's day. It is an old moral, and i y?t ever nev.* -new every morning. I 1 Indeed, practically the whole of re- I ligion, as applied to daily life, is sum- 1 mad up in it. For religion, even more 1 than culture, is "the study of perfection," and it speaks of, and was meant [ to further, the progress from imperfection to perfection. He who has been "made perfect in t short time" has, as has been seen, fulfilled a long time." "And as an 4t jnspotted life is old age." On the oth?r hand, the man who dies in wickedive far beyond the scriptual termive far beyond the scriptual term- w, lime, therefore, has very little to do . rith the fundamental things of life. ? n' -OST?Bill Book with Coca Cola ad ertiaement on inside. One $10 b<iU ^ f ' ERSAL CAR |. ] :j li \ !3 j) The President of | J the Ford Motor Co* :'jj > Mr. Edsei 1$. !| 1 Ford, cays:? f "We are taking* ad- f '1 'j vantage of every k known economy in |ij| ^ the manufacture of Jj'l our products in order j i that we may give I i them 10 the public at j ! the lowest possible J | | price, and by so do- J' >ing we feel that we hi, are doing the one big I ;| thing which v.*ill help i this country into (j1 more prosperous ji j \ times. People are III / interested in prices, \\ !j and are buying when |j ;j !fe> prices are right." : j PThe enormous d3- |!| j mand for Fords proves that Mr. Ford j i i * is nght. |;;; >For reasonably Mj! prompt delivery, J ] place vour order a now. |.;:5 ilTO GO. I Ijjj lies ft Service Station. I; Hound Spends Night I I; in Cell With Master j 1; Hagerstown, Md.?The olher 'I !; night "Tlge," a pet hound, slept j! !; peacefully with Ills master, who ;! m was arrested for drunkenness. In ;> '! one of the cells at the local po- ; j i lice heauqUMi inn. Hut It iVfia ]1 '! not until after much pleading |> ]I by the dog that the police con- ; sented to break an Ironhound J| ;t rule. When the officer attempted 1; ; [ to lock up William Bowmnn, !( "Tige's" master, t!?e <log at- ![ tacked the officer and hud to he ![ I; clubbed before It would Jeave 'I I; headquarters. The dog returned '! I; in a short time and whined so '! !; pitifully that the police relented, j! ![ Bowman adopted the dog while ' I serving with the A. E. F. In ;j < I France. Once lie gave It to some ;j ' ! friends, but the dog refused to |j ;' eat and the owner took him j; J; hne'r. ;; ' j-rf u jjfjf JJJJ GOLD RIGHTS RUSH AT CHITA Many Apply far Concession*, Says x-Prwmltr, Former Chicago Lawyer. Rlira. Latvia.?The economic nosittnn of the Fur Ri?tKn Republic has much Improved lately, affirms A. T. Kmsnoschokov, formerly a Chicago lawyer, and until recently premier at Chita. Interviewed In Moscow by the newspaper Novy Pub he said: "Government undertakings are approaching the level of prewar production. The republic has nationalized only industrial enterprises of state importance or owned by enemies. Private external and Internal trading is legalized. Flnahoe is based on the free circulation ?f K?'(l silver rallies, while 1,000 paper rubles equal 1') kopeks, gold. (A kopek normally was one one-hundredth part of a ruble ) "At the head of the foreign war and home departments are communists. A powerful revolutionary army safeguards the i?public's independence, assisted hy Re<l guerrilla tro.?.s, which, combined, constitute a considerable Torce. "The Increasing number of applications tu?'lc for gold and lumber concessions Indicate the favorable opln f.ntArtultloH ??l?n-???l - * ? OH rinv^uiucu nuiuuu UI Ol^l" MM)rcPS. Mnny proposals have also >ein received froin Japanese capitalRj? Ki^kinK oonccssloiw, hat tho n*)?bllc disinclined to entertain thcin jntll h* territory In cleared of Japanese troops." >OSS tires?Mileage matcrpiecu the Extra Ply assures ho txtr j mileage. fabrics 8000 ?::4Kv i?u? ranteed. J. G. Lowcrv, ,p-2 % Wj?V.!. hatch your chicks early I have six pens of S. R. I. Reds ited now, and can furn1. h eggs on ?rt notice. Prices are 2.00, $3.00 d $5.00 per setting of 15. A few good da'k red cockerels for ^ that will help your flock. Get the k! that la popular and be ready foe* J^^how|^next yoar^